Ibadan vs Virginia Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ibadan	Virginia Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$752	$2399
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1637	$5692
🏠 One person rent	$421	$1509
🏘️ Family rent	$725	$2680
🍽️ Food expenses	$197	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$100	$4354
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	48	74
😀 Quality of life	37	90
🏙️ Population	2.55M	459K

The cost of living in Ibadan is 69% less expensive than in Virginia Beach. Cities ranked 6862nd and 1045th ($752 vs $2399) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 916th in Nigeria and the United States, respectively. Check Nigeria vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ibadan compared to 1.8 months in Virginia Beach. Ibadan ranked 2nd best city to live in Nigeria vs Virginia Beach ranked 63rd in the United States, while ranked 8155th and 216th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ibadan vs Virginia Beach

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	Ibadan	Virginia Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.81	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$89.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.97	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.02	$5.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.28	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$407	$1571
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$1283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$2887
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$2348
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.8	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.95%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$827	$2520
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$540	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$69.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.66	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$3.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$5.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$5.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$5.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.66	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.13	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$9.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.2	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.71	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.82	$4.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.61	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.1	$43.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.61	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.12	$125
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.66	$19.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$60.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$43.5	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.5	$1618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1891	$16163

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Cities near Ibadan

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Oyo	$664
68 km or 42 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
72 km or 45 mi	Ife	$778
83 km or 51 mi	Osogbo	$705
120 km or 74 mi	Lagos	$1102
141 km or 88 mi	Ilorin	$526
142 km or 88 mi	Akure	$644
145 km or 90 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
173 km or 107 mi	Save	$646
176 km or 109 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
185 km or 115 mi	Owo	$664
201 km or 125 mi	Cotonou	$793
214 km or 133 mi	Abomey	$598
223 km or 138 mi	Benin	$632
291 km or 181 mi	Warri	$926
308 km or 191 mi	Atakpame	$699
329 km or 204 mi	Lome	$835
345 km or 214 mi	Onitsha	$1051
348 km or 216 mi	Sotouboua	$703
354 km or 220 mi	Sokode	$705
367 km or 228 mi	Kpalime	$684
372 km or 231 mi	Awka	$878
381 km or 237 mi	Hohoe	$652
381 km or 237 mi	Minna	$852
384 km or 238 mi	Kara	$712
390 km or 242 mi	Ho	$417
405 km or 252 mi	Owerri	$1774
409 km or 254 mi	Enugu	$563
434 km or 270 mi	Abuja	$1514
445 km or 277 mi	Umuahia	$961
450 km or 280 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
458 km or 285 mi	Aba	$674
475 km or 295 mi	Tema	$600
476 km or 295 mi	Ashaiman	$630
484 km or 301 mi	Koforidua	$668
495 km or 308 mi	Accra	$822
520 km or 323 mi	Kaduna	$393
558 km or 347 mi	Calabar	$397
570 km or 354 mi	Tamale	$576
582 km or 362 mi	Zaria	$652

Cities near Virginia Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Norfolk	$2593
29 km or 18 mi	Chesapeake	$2287
33 km or 20 mi	Portsmouth	$2414
40 km or 25 mi	Hampton	$2679
51 km or 32 mi	Newport News	$2224
58 km or 36 mi	Suffolk	$2384
96 km or 60 mi	Kill Devil Hills	$2115
127 km or 79 mi	Hopewell	$2408
133 km or 82 mi	Petersburg	$2395
152 km or 95 mi	Richmond	$2438
156 km or 97 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
171 km or 106 mi	Salisbury	$1935
187 km or 116 mi	Greenville	$2076
192 km or 119 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
208 km or 129 mi	Fredericksburg	$2347
215 km or 133 mi	Wilson	$2071
215 km or 134 mi	Waldorf	$2509
216 km or 134 mi	New Bern	$1893
225 km or 140 mi	Henderson	$2171
227 km or 141 mi	Kinston	$2176
228 km or 142 mi	Marumsco	$2506
229 km or 142 mi	Woodbridge	$2582
234 km or 146 mi	Havelock	$1983
237 km or 147 mi	Alexandria	$2919
240 km or 149 mi	Springfield	$2355
240 km or 149 mi	Annapolis	$2940
243 km or 151 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
244 km or 152 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2576
245 km or 152 mi	Bowie	$2495
246 km or 153 mi	Washington	$3328
247 km or 154 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
247 km or 154 mi	Georgetown	$3054
249 km or 155 mi	Manassas	$2693
251 km or 156 mi	Fairfax	$2791
251 km or 156 mi	Greenbelt	$2482
253 km or 157 mi	College Park	$2563
255 km or 158 mi	Lower Township	$2553
256 km or 159 mi	Centreville	$3275
256 km or 159 mi	Silver Spring	$2287
256 km or 159 mi	Bethesda	$2710